Actor: Sally Forrest, Leo Penn
Director: Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino
Genre: Drama
Year: 1949
Studio: Kino Classics
Length: 91
Released: 9/24/2019
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: NTSC, Anamorphic, Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Barbara Scares, Director of Programming at Gene Sissel Film Center with Filmmaker/Historian Greg Ford -Trailers
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Brand New 4K Restoration! In Ida Lupine's directorial debut Not Wanted, young and naive “unwed mother” Sally Forrest’s life spirals out of control after her musician beau (Leo Penn) ditches her for an out-of-town gig, despite the presence of another man (Keefe Brassall) determined to win her heart. After leaving Warner Brothers, legendary screen actress Ida Lupine co-founded The Filmmakers, an independent production company conceived as an alternative to the dominant aesthetics of Hollywood. With the low-key, intimate Not Wanted, Lupine tackled the “taboo” topic of out-of-wedlock pregnancy, immediately venturing into terrain where big-budget mainstream fantasy-spinners feared to tread. In many ways this extraordinary first directorial effort, while uncredited, already bears the stamp of Lupine's unique vision: the remarkable empathy felt for the lead character (Sally Forrest as the dazed, traumatized young waitress thrust into the world of unwed motherhood), the hallucinatory moments (note the amazing subjective camerawork of the childbirth sequence), and the deft location shooting (as Forrest wanders through the bus stations and boarding houses of small-town America).
